'Twas they, remember, they alone,
Who forced this Burden on Thine own!
Bless, rather, us! our arms! our cause!
Pour on us Thy protecting love!
Sanction our fractures of Thy laws,
By U,s beneath, by Zeps above!
Relieve us in this dark impasse;
Bless all our efforts; bless our gas!
Deal gently with us should we tend—
Presuming as Thy favoured Race,